Improvement in farm-gates



H. N. DUNBAR.

FARM-GATE. .N0 190,674 Patented May15, 1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE HENRY N. DUNBAR, OF MENTOR, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,674, dated May 15,1877; application tiled March 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, HENRY E. DUNBAR, ofMentor, in the county of Lake and State -of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Hangers for Sliding and Swinging Farm-Gates;and the following is a full and exact description of the same, referencebeing `had to the accompanying drawing, and the letters thereon.

These hangers are fogmed of metal, and are shaped and secured to thegate-posts in the manner hereinafter specified.

A is the gate, and consists of three or more boards, a a" al", andvertical slats b b b. B and B are the gate-posts.' rIhe gate issupported upon a frictionroller, o, which is piv; oted on the lower armof the hanger M. The two arms of the hanger M' pass through the post B'near the top, and are secured by nuts or otherwise. r'Iwo of thegate-boards, as a a, occupy the hangers M' M, and the gate slides backand forth in them, resting on the roller o.

In case of deep snow, if it be desired to raise the gate, the hangers M'M" may be slipped clear` out and inserted again, the two next lowerboards occupying the hangers M M". The gate is opened and closed bytraversing on the roller 0 until the gate, will balance on said roller,when it is swung around in the hangers, so as to open to its utmostcapacity, the hangers being bent at a right angle, so as to set olf fromand beyond the inner side of the post B sufficiently for that purpose.When the gate is thus swung around it passes from the roller o to theshoulder e, which is preferably inclined, and made to correspond inheight to the roller o, so that the gate will pass smoothly from one tothe other.

If deemed necessary to Jprevent chaflng the under surface of the board,it may be protected by a metal strip.

The hanger Mll is constructed in shape similar to a staple, with itsends bent at a right angle, so as to permit the gate to swing around insaid hanger, as heretofore described, and secured in the post B near thebottom by passing its arms through the post and securing them by nuts orotherwise.

In closing the gate, as the latch end approaches the post B the notchedend of the boards passes into the right-angled catches M, and fastensthe gate.

[t will be observed that the arms of the catch M are bent at a rightangle and secured by being inserted in the inside face ot' the post B,the form of the catch rendering a nut and screw unnecessary.

I claim- 1. In combination with the post B', the gate-hanger M', formedof metal, with rightangled arms, the lower one of which is depressed, sothat the elevated arm e forms a shoulder,which will correspond in heightwith the top of said roller, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. In combination with the post B', the gatehanger M, formed of metal,with right-angled arms secured to the post and setting ott' therefrom,in the manner and for the purpose specitied.

.3. In combination with the notched end of the boards a a, the catch M",formed ot' metal, with right-angled arms inserted in the inner face ofthe post B, substantially as speci- HENRY N. DUNB'AR. Witnesses:

GEO. E. PAINE, PERRY BoswoRTH.

